Security

Pierluigi Paganini August 18, 2020
Critical flaw in Jenkins Server can cause information disclosure

A critical vulnerability in Jenkins server software could result in memory corruption and cause confidential information disclosure. A critical vulnerability in Jenkins server software, tracked as  CVE-2019-17638, could result in memory corruption and cause confidential information disclosure. Jenkins is the most popular open source automation server, it is maintained by CloudBees and the Jenkins community. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2020
Citrix fixed flaws in XenMobile that will be likely exploited soon

Citrix addressed multiple vulnerabilities in Citrix Endpoint Management (XenMobile) that can be exploited by an attacker to gain administrative privileges on affected systems. The Citrix Endpoint Management (CEM), formerly XenMobile, is software that provides mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM). The vulnerabilities that impacted the Citrix XenMobile were tracked as CVE-2020-8208, CVE-2020-8209, […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2020
Microsoft August 2020 Patch Tuesday fixed actively exploited zero-days

Microsoft August 2020 Patch Tuesday updates addressed 120 vulnerabilities, including two zero-days that have been exploited in attacks. Microsoft August 2020 Patch Tuesday updates have addressed 120 flaws, including two zero-day vulnerabilities that have been exploited in attacks in the wild. The two issues are a Windows spoofing bug and a remote code execution flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 11, 2020
Adobe Acrobat and Reader affected by critical flaws

Adobe has released security updates to address twenty-six vulnerabilities in the Adobe Acrobat, Reader, and Lightroom products. Adobe has released security updates to address tens of vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat, Reader, and Lightroom products. Eleven out of twenty-six flaws are rated as ‘Critical’ because they could be exploited by attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 06, 2020
FBI is warning of cyber attacks against Windows 7 systems that reached end-of-life

The FBI warned private industry partners of risks impacting companies running Windows 7 after the Microsoft OS reached the end of life on January 14. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning companies running Windows 7 systems of the greater risk of getting hacked because the Microsoft OS has reached the end of life on January 14. […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2020
Cyber Defense Magazine – August 2020 has arrived. Enjoy it!

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Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2020
NSA releases a guide to reduce location tracking risks

The United States National Security Agency (NSA) is warning of risks posed by location services for staff who work in defence or national security. The United States National Security Agency (NSA) published a new guide to warn of the risks posed by location services for staff who work in defence or national security. The guide, titled […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2020
Flaw in popular NodeJS ‘express-fileupload’ module allows DoS attacks and code injection

Expert found a flaw in a popular NodeJS module that can allow attackers to perform a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on a server or get arbitrary code execution. The NodeJS module “express-fileupload,” which has more that 7.3 million times downloads from the npm repository. The NodeJS module is affected by a ‘Prototype Pollution’ CVE-2020-7699 vulnerability that can allow attackers to perform a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on a […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2020
Updates provided by Red Hat for BootHole cause systems to hang

Red Hat is warning customers to not install the package updates released to address the BootHole vulnerability due to possible problems reported by the users. This week, firmware security company Eclypsium reported that billions of Windows and Linux devices are affected by a serious GRUB2 bootloader issue (CVE-2020-10713), dubbed BootHole, that can be exploited to install a […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2020
Cisco fixes critical and high-severity flaws in Data Center Network Manager

Cisco addressed critical and high-severity vulnerabilities affecting its Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) network management platform. Cisco addressed this week some critical and high-severity vulnerabilities impacting its Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) network management platform. One of the most security issues is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-3382. The vulnerability can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker […]